Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

To continue to grow exports, you need to have a strong economy. To have a strong economy, businesses need to actually be able to invest, and they're not going to invest under the weight of $200 billion worth of extra taxes that the Labor Party propose. They're not going to invest in a world where they see energy prices and electricity prices continuing to go up. They're not going to invest in a world where they see industrial relations uncertainty from a government that is acting entirely at the behest of the trade union movement. These are the threats that the Australian economy would face were there to be a change of government at the next election.

The contrast could not be stronger. Our government promised to balance the budget, and we have; we promised a stronger economy, and we've delivered; and we promised to create jobs, and we've exceeded our targets, delivering 1.3 million jobs. We promised to go out to the world and back Australian exporters, and we've done so, and they're exporting in record volumes. That's the difference a coalition Liberal-National government makes to the Australian economy. (Time expired)

Mr President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.